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!Help file for Music Base by Chris Davis
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Purpose:
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Music Base is my attempt at a music database (note: NOT a CD database). I
have seen many music database's for the Arc. However, none of them were very
flexible in what they stored about the CD's (some just stored a set number of
tracks per CD, some just stored only basic information about a paticular CD).
I do have quite a lot of CD's and I felt that if I was to spend a lot of time
putting them all into a database I would rather put them into one that could
at least properly store all the information about the CD. At the time though,
I didn't know much about programming (so what's new?? :-) ). Now that I have
a bit more expertise in this area I figured I should write my own database
that would do everything I wanted it to (well..most things at any rate).
However, I ended up writing this instead.. but it's the next best thing. :-)
Features:
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Music Base will hold different 'entries' in it's database. An entry is a
complete CD/Tape item (could be an album/single/double album/triple
album??/etc.). Within an item are several parts. There will be 1 part to most
entries but double albums will have 2, triple will have 3, etc. Within each
part are the tracks!
* Music Base can store up to 64 tracks per part.
* Music Base can handle double sided media (tapes,etc.)
* Music Base can be used in conjunction with (specially written) CD players
(for CD-ROM drives)
* Music Base will allow a seperate artist for each track to be stored (for
compilation albums, etc.)
Problems/Future Improvements:
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- No error handling
- Messy icon arrangements
- May be a bit memory thirsty
- Low on useful features:
- No searches
- No sorting
If there is enough feedback I will probably put these features in pretty
soon. Otherwise I'll just do it when I feel like it.. :-)..but it will get
done..
Credits:
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Main application by Chris Davis. Icon Sprites by Alex Howarth.
Source code written using Zap
Assembled by BAX/BBC BASIC V 1.05
Templates designed using !TemplEd
License:
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This software is Freeware. You may copy it freely as long as it is not sold
for a profit and all files are passed on, unaltered.
Contacting me:
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Address mail to Chris Davis..
e-mail address's..
Internet : christsi@central.susx.ac.uk